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Neuroscience Committees

The Program in Neuroscience attributes its successes to the time and dedication of many people that work hard to strive for improvements. Below are some of those that play a role:

PIN Training Committee:

Donna Calu

Chair: Donna Calu, Ph.D., Program in Neuroscience Director, Neurobiology

  • Brian Mathur, Ph.D., Pharmacology
  • Joseph Cheer, Ph.D., Neurobiology
  • Joyce Teixeira da Silva, Ph.D, Neural & Pain Sciences
  • Marta Lipinski, Ph.D., Anesthesiology
  • Mary Kay Lobo, Ph.D., Neurobiology
  • Roxy Cundiff-O'Sullivan, Student Representative, Program in Neuroscience
  • Lacey Greer, Student Representative, Program in Neuroscience
  • Jessica Mong, Ph.D., Pharmacology
  • Dan Roche, Ph.D., Psychiatry, MPRC
  • Alexander Ksendzovsky, M.D., Ph.D., Neurobiology
  • Steffen Wolff, Ph.D., Pharmacology
  • Jenn McFarland, Ph.D., Program Manager, Program in Neuroscience

Ex-officio

  • Mary-Claire Roghmann, M.D., M.S., Director of Graduate Education, M.D./Ph.D. Program, Epidemiology and Public Health

PIN Retreat Committee

Chair: Steffen Wolff, Ph.D., Pharmacology

  • Marco Venniro, Ph.D., Anatomy & Neurobiology
  • Dan Roche, Ph.D., Psychiatry, MPRC
  • Soad Elziny, Student Representative, Program in Neuroscience
  • Anna Maximova, Student Representative, Program in Neuroscience
  • Nick Weir, Postdoc Representative, Program in Neuroscience
  • Cody Lis, Student Representative, Program in Neuroscience
  • Jenn McFarland, Ph.D., Program Manager, Program in Neuroscience

 

UM-MIND Neuroscience Seminar Series Committee

Chair: Marco Venniro, Ph.D., Anatomy & Neurobiology

  • Cali Calarco, Ph.D., Anatomy & Neurobiology
  • Ivy Dick, Ph.D., Physiology
  • Sydney Ashton,  Student Representative, Program in Neuroscience
  • Brian Mathur, Ph.D., Pharmacology
  • Alex Medina, Ph.D., Pediatrics
  • Jessica Mong, Ph.D., Pharmacology
  • Nathan Cramer, Ph.D., Anatomy & Neurobiology
  • Phillip Iffland, Ph.D., Neurology
  • Melanie Pina, Ph.D., Anatomy & Neurobiology

 

UM-MIND IDEAS (inclusion, diversity, equity, antiracism in science) Committee:

Co-Chair: Mary Kay Lobo, PhD, Anatomy & Neurobiology

Co-Chair: Sara Codding, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Mimi Belcher, Ph.D., Psychiatry
  • Brian Mathur, Ph.D., Pharmacology
  • Donna Calu, Ph.D., Anatomy & Neurobiology
  • Joseph Cheer, Ph.D., Anatomy & Neurobiology
  • Megan Rizzo, Ph.D., Physiology
  • Garrett Bunce, PIN student
  • Soad Elziny, PIN student
  • Daniela Franco, PIN student
  • Ashley Marquardt, PIN student
  • Jewel White, PIN student
  • Lakota Watson, PIN student
  • Cody Lis, PIN student
  • Ruchael McNair, PIN student
  • Yasmine Cisse, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Shalon Edwards, Staff
  • Jenn McFarland, Ph.D., Program Manager, Program in Neuroscience

Student Training Committee

 

  • Chair: Roxy Cundiff-O'Sullivan
  • Co-Chair: Lacey Greer